ST. LOUIS – The third ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team extended its win streak to 23 with a sweep against Upper Iowa at Dorman Gym in Fayette, Iowa on Friday evening. The Tritons are 23-0, 8-0 GLVC while the Peacocks fall to 9-13, 4-4 GLVC.
UMSL fell behind 3-1 to start the match but rallied to take a 10-7 lead after a kill by fifth-year senior
Mya Elliott. UIU rallied to retake the lead at 15-14 after back-to-back aces from Madelyn Rettler. The Tritons countered scoring three of the next four points and led 18-16 after two kills from senior
Delaney Humm and a kill from fifth-year senior
Lexie Rang.
The Peacocks wouldn't go quietly going on a 6-3 run to take their last lead of the set at 22-21 after a kill from Zoe Semelroth. The Tritons closed out the set scoring the final four points getting two kills apiece from Elliott and Rang to win 25-22.
UMSL dominated the middle stanza leading by as many as 12 at 24-12 after an ace from junior
Trysta Foster on its way to a 25-16 victory. The Tritons had 11 kills in the frame while holding Upper Iowa to a negative .023 attack percentage.
UMSL led by six midway through the final set but the Peacocks rallied to within 18-15 after a kill from Martha Pace. That would be as close as they got as the Tritons scored seven of the final 12 points to win the set 25-20 and complete the sweep.
UMSL hit .228 in the contest with 46 kills against 20 errors in 114 swings and were led by Rang with 12 kills while Humm and Elliott added 10 and eight kills respectively. Sophomore
Caitlin Bishop had 37 assists, Foster and freshman
Skylar Weaver had two aces each, senior
Kylie Adams finished with 13 digs and fifth-year senior
Hailey Flowers and sophomore
Hannah Copeland had three blocks each.
Upper Iowa was held to a .163 hitting percentage with 31 kills against 14 errors in 104 chances and was led by Pace and Rettler with six kills apiece. Pace added six blocks, Rettler finished with a pair of aces, Nicole Pozorski had 26 assists and Kaci Beesecker added 11 digs.
The Tritons conclude their two-game road swing against Truman State on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Pershing Arena.
